Events Calendar
TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
From March 31 to April 2, 2016, the ABA Death Penalty Due Process Review Project, the University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center and William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law are hosting "40 Years After Gregg v. Georgia: A National Conference on the Death Penalty."
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21480/TNH 3.126 (Ratliff Classroom)
Are you interested in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions? Join us for a breakfast taco and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!
Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your summer as a Tax Law Associate.
Breakfast will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22009/TNH 2.100 (Susman Godfrey Atrium)
CHLSA's annual fajita sale in the atrium.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22019/TNH 3.140 (Jeffers Courtroom)
The State Bar of Texas Tax Section will present a discussion about various career opportunities in the area of tax law. Lunch will be provided. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21924/TNH 2.139 (Wilson Classroom)
Justin Levitt is the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. An expert on election and constitutional law, Levitt oversees the Department's voting section and voting rights litigation. A Harvard Law School graduate on leave from Loyola Law School, he previously served as counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22021/TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)
Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit and his former law clerk Solicitor General Scott Keller (UT Law alumnus) discuss all the hottest issues before the U.S. Supreme Court that involve Texas directly or indirectly.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22028/TNH 3.140 (Jeffers Courtroom)
Are you interested in tax law? Join us for an ice cream and learn how you can use Bloomberg Law to be prepared to practice this summer. Bring your laptops!
Michael Calder of Bloomberg Law will be demonstrating how to prepare for your Summer as a Tax Law Associate.
Amy's Ice Cream will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, March 30, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22008/TNH 2.124
3Ls and LLMs are invited to get a jump on studying for the bar with these skills based sessions. Learn how to effectively write bar exam essay answers. TX bar questions will be used as examples. Sessions take place on Tuesdays from noon-1pm in TNH 2.124 and repeat Thursday from 1-2pm in TNH 2.124. This is a three week series beginning the week of March 28, which builds on the exercise from the previous week.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21947/JON 5.206 (Susman Academic Center, Bryan and Michelle Goolsby Conference Suite (5.206 / 5.207))
Please join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a talk with Will Potter on "Criminalizing Activism: From the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to Ag-gag laws."
Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, and TED Senior Fellow based in Washington, D.C. He specializes in dissident politics and culture, the policing of dissent, and civil liberties post-9/11.
Space is LIMITED, so please come early! An RSVP will NOT guarantee a spot. The event will be held during Professor Reveley's Animal Law class. If the class is full, there is room to stand in the back. Following Mr. Potter's talk, R.T. Fitch will present on the impacts of ranchers and their relationship with BLM on wildhorses and wild land.
R.T. Fitch is a jack-of-all-trades. In the past, he has worked with whales, dolphins, sea lions, and penguins at Sea Life Park in Hawaii. An outspoken equine welfare advocate R.T. is the co-founder and President of the Wild Horse Freedom Federation and the author of the much acclaimed book “Straight from the Horse’s Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope."
If you can't make this event, Mr. Potter will be speaking that same evening in the Joynes Reading Room at 6 pm on "Big Ag's Dirty Secrets: The environmental impact of factory farming." There will be time for a Q&A for this portion.
Sponsored in part by the American Constitution Society, Students Against Cruelty to Animals, UT Law Student Affairs Office, and L.L. and Ethel E. Dean Endowment in the School of Undergraduate Studies and the Mary Lu Joynes Endowment in the Plan II Honors Program.
Please email saldf.texas.law@gmail.com with any questions!
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/22031/Tom Clark Lounge
The Texas Law Alumni Association and Student Affairs Office are excited to announce the return of Popcorn Break in Spring 2016! Starting January 21, 2016, Popcorn Break will be every Thursday afternoon from 1:30 – 2:30 pm. The popcorn will be located in the Tom Clark Lounge. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2016/03/31/21618/